Stray Dog Present "The Wishing Mountain" @ UTG!

Another great interactive piece of art from Craig & Jim aka 2/3 of Stray Dog! The guys have been biding their time with this one, I think its been rained off twice but finally last weekend they managed to erect their wishing mountain in Union Terrace Gardens. What is it? How does it work? Well you write down your wish then try to throw it into the tiny hole in the top of the mountain! Did anyone get a wish in? Will the wishes come true? Who knows but it certainly made for a nice day in the park!

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